Loose-sheet holder.



PATENTED NOV. 21, 1905.

E. G. WASHBURN.

LOOSE SHEET HOLDER.

APPLICATION FILED OCT.15, 1904.

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I LOOSE-SHEET HOLDER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 21, 1905.

Application filed October 15, 1904. Serial No. 228,607.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, EDWIN C. WASHBURN, a citizen of the United States,residing at Minneapolis, in the county of Hennepin and State ofMinnesota, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Loose-Sheet Holders; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full,clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enableothers skilled in the art to whichit appertains to make and use thesame.

My present invention has for its object to provide a simple, cheap, andefficient loosesheet holder or file; and'to such ends it consists of thenovel devices and combinations of devices hereinafter described, anddefined in the claims.

The device is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein likecharacters indicate like parts throughout both the views.

Figure 1 is a plan view showing the complete device, and Fig. 2 is aside elevation of the same.

The numeral 1 indicates a stifl fiat sheet or back, preferably ofcardboard.

The numeral 2 indicates a flat metal piece, which is preferably stampedfrom thin sheet metal and which constitutes the back or base member ofthe clamping device.

The numeral Sindicates the movable member of the clamping device.

The members 2 and 3 are connected by a U-shaped spring 4, forced intoseats afforded therefor by pressing from said members 2 and 3 yoke-likekeepers 5 and 6, respectively. The spring 4 affords a hinge whichyieldingly presses to gether the body portions of the two members 2 and3. The body portions of both members 2 and 3 are extended transversely,and the former is provided with upturned V- shaped barbs 7, that areadapted to pass through perforations 8 in the said member 3.

Below the lower edge of the member 3 the member 2 is formed withupturned clenchinglips 9, that are passed through-the back or board 1and are bent over to securely but detachably unite the said parts.

As is evident, the clamping portions of the members 2 and 3 may bereadily separated by pressing together or toward each other the upperend portions thereof. When a sheet of paper is clamped between themembers 2 and 3, the barbs 7 are forced therethrough and the paper issecurely held around the said barbs.

The device above described, while very simple and of small cost, isefficient for the purposes had in view.

What I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the UnitedStates, is as follows:

1. In a device of the character described, the combination with themember 2 having the upturned barbs 7 stamped from the body thereof, andhaving the depressed yoke-like keeper 5, of the member 3, having thedepressed yoke-like keeper 6, and perforations 8, through whichperforations said barbs pass, and the U-shaped spring 4 having its endsinserted into said keepers 5 and 6, and.

affording a spring-hinge, connecting said two members, substantially asdescribed.

2. The combination with the members 2 and 3, connected by aspring-hinge, and havmg respectively the cooperating barbs 7 and theends of which are perforations 8, said barb 7 being stamped from themember 2, ofthe board 1, detachably secured to said member 2 by lips 9,also stamped from the said member 2, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

EDWVIN O. WASHBURN.

Witnesses H. D. KILGORE, F. D. MERCHANT.

